The Mount Vernon Estate, George Washington’s historic home seeks an Information Technology professional for the Estate and the future National Library for the Study of George Washington. The purpose of the position is to lead both workplace information technology (IT) and new media initiatives for the Estate and Library.

In 2013 Mount Vernon will open a new facility to foster scholarship on George Washington. The state-of-the-art National Library will be located adjacent to the historic Mount Vernon Estate. The incumbent will be responsible for creating an overall IT and new media vision and program for the Library. The incumbent will be an expert in the entire gamut of research technologies, Web and new media, exhibition audio/visual, knowledge management, and computer support activities.

Mount Vernon and the National Library have a user-focused/mission-focused IT philosophy, and as such IT should both enable the traditional work of scholarship and public outreach, and facilitate new kinds of research, discovery, and community. Creative and effective dissemination of Library initiatives to various constituencies is a critical focus of the position.

– Demonstrated communications skills in order to determine, negotiate and coordinate technology requirements and solutions; must be able to adapt and respond to users with different levels of computer literacy

– Ability to manage conflicting demands and provide a high level of customer service